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Free same-meter accompaniment for As when the weary traveler gains (John Newton): organ, piano or guitar playing the tune OLD 100TH (Louis Bourgeois) in four-part harmony, 4 verses, with the words on screen. Choose the key and speed, add an introduction, project the words on a TV, or practice your own choir part. Made for churches and home groups without a musician.
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- 1As, when the weary traveler gains
- The height of some commanding hill,
- His heart revives, if o'er the plains,
- He sees his home, tho' distant still.
- 2Thus, when the Christian pilgrim views
- By faith his mansion in the skies,
- The sight his fainting strength renews,
- And wings his speed to reach the prize.
- 3The thought of heav'n his spirit cheers,
- No more he grieves for troubles past;
- Nor any future trial fears
- So he may safe arrive at last.
- 4Jesus, on Thee our hopes we stay,
- To lead us on to Thine abode;
- Assured Thy love will far o'erpay,
- The hardest labours of the road. Amen.
About this music
OLD 100TH — Louis Bourgeois. Setting: Sternhold and Hopkins' Psalter, 1561.. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project, copied from ccel from Sternhold and Hopkins' Psalter 1561. Words: "Hymnal and Canticles of the Protestant Episcopal Church", 1875, hymn 405.; music and setting are in the public domain. The words above are from the hymnal cited on the As when the weary traveler gains page.
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